Toddler Curriculum

Language and Speaking Skills

•  Label items with words

•  Listen to stories

•  Develop fantasy play with language

•  Retell a short personal story

Reading Skills

•  Develop interest in exploring books

•  Handling of books

Writing Skills

•  Hold crayon, pencil or marker with fist grasp or adult grasp

•  Scribble

Social and Emotional Skills

•  Become comfortable in large setting

•  Develop knowledge of others in his or her surroundings

•  Exhibit self-control

•  Follow simple rules and direction by adults

•  Develop trust of other adults

Number Insight

•  Classify, label and sort objects

•  Match similar objects

•  Play with pattern and sequence of order

•  Rote counting

Measurement

•  Compare quantities (more or less)

•  Compare area (big or small)

Art

•  Use colors that are real and imaginary in artwork

•  Explore and create individual projects with all types of art mediums

•  Experiment with creating different textures in playdough and clay

•  Learn from the process, not the “product”

•  Use different movements (clap, stomp, pat, jump)

•  Sing, using voices that are fast or slow, loud or soft

•  Change voice to match different pitches

Science

Attitudes and Habits

•  Display a curiosity about the world

•  Understand that questioning is part of the scientific process

•  Discover ways scientists make observations and solve problems

Development of Concepts

•  Identify some body parts

•  Explore and identify senses

Health

•  Give examples of healthy snacks

•  Name ways to avoid germs

•  Identify reasons for talking to an adult before using any unknown substance

Physical Growth

•  Play simple, non-competitive games

•  Demonstrate understanding of simple concepts

( up, down, high, low)

•  Display a sense of risk-taking

•  Balance body while doing simple stunts

•  Compare how clothing differs because of the changes in weather

•  Recognize that accepting responsibility and having rules is important

•  Describe the different ways families celebrate special events or holidays

•  Demonstrate appropriate ways to communicate wants or needs